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The Cellist of Sarajevo
From: Claire Cunningham
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Bosnian musician Vedran Smailovic describes the incident on 27 May 1992, during the war in Bosnia, which inspired the act of commemoration and grie...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
A Diva on Oxygen: The Esther England Story
From: University of Montana Journalism
Caption: Esther England
Esther England was good at everything she did. Singing opera around the world, teaching university students who wanted to be her, doing that even a...

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:40
A Eulogy for Preston Bus Station
From: Kieron Yates
Caption: Preston Bus Station, Credit: Bernie Blackburn
Preston Bus Station is considered one of the finest examples of British "Brutalist" architecture. Built in 1969 at the time of its construction it ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 15:00
Marcel Donaj
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detain from Marcel's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
With over 50 professions in his life Marcel, now homeless, lives with a camera, a dog and a passion for cars.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
Albert Appel
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detail from Albert Appel's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B. Klein
In the nether regions of New Jersey is a summer camp that uses pianos and shovels to break social barriers...they've been at it since the 1960s. A...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 09:16
First World War Poetry - Graham Vincent reads Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Trooper Henry Dixon
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, asked expat actors living in...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:49
On the Day I Died, It Was Mostly the Blues
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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I live next to the Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro, North Carolina and my neighbors are the ghosts who reside there.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Silent Tornado, A Long Black Night
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Virginia Miller and her husband Tim recount the night a tornado hit Apison, Tenn., and how it changed their relationship with their neighbors.

Bought by The Story, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 3
Ban(ne)d by Distance
From: Eleni Lola
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Band by distance… or banned by distance? A radio portrait for one of the two members of a band that is banned by distance, The Pencils!

  • Added: May 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
The Internet in Sepia
From: Helena de Groot
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The internet through the eyes of an inhabitant of the past... Music by my friend pq (You'll never Find us Here) and Sol Rezza on freemusicarchive.org

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
My Antonia: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A beloved American classic, Willa Cather's My Ántonia is best summarized by its epigraph---"the best days are the first to flee." Garrison Keillor ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Six Minutes
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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A motorcyclist hits the only tree standing in an otherwise empty field.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Saddest Day
From: Masaki Araya
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Greg King recounts Isabelle Bélance-King's final days.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
More Than Just Houses
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Portland, Maine’s Little Italy was one of many neighborhoods across America that was demolished as a result of Urban Renewal.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 4
Hard Times - Craig Taylor
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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Moving into an apartment in Camden, Canadian Craig Taylor can't help but feel the past coming to get him...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
Something Left To Give
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 4
Love Is Worth A Little Bit Of Pain
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Between 50 and 80 percent of American adults carry oral herpes, the virus that causes sold sores. Many people with oral herpes never show any symp...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
Always Been With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Amy has battled bipolar disorder all her life. She’s tried 25 different medications, but nothing has been able to stabilize her mood.

Bought by KPVL and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 2
Active Voice Radio: Rick Steves PBS Travel Host speaks about Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Rick Steves at NORML 2007, Credit: NORML Foundation
Rick Steves is a popular PBS Travel Host and has authored dozens of travel guides. Here he speaks passionately about marijuana reform at the NORML ...

Bought by KSFR and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 2
I'm Relatively Human
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Marty Hagglund had it all. He had a loving wife, a beautiful home, and a great job. Then, Marty threw it all to the wind to realize a deep-seated, ...

Bought by KUOW, KVNF, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 3
Come Soul, I Have Need Of Thee
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Maine folk singer struggles with his identity, since losing his voice to cancer.

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
It's Difficult To Change
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Downtown Millinocket in October 2008., Credit: Craig Jarvie
A profile of Millinocket, Maine, after the mill shut down.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
What We Talk About When We Talk About Little Italy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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An oral history of Portland, Maine's long-lost Little Italy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
The Last Fish Story
From: Gretta Cohn
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Dan Scofield's been a fishmonger in Portland, Maine for ten years. But these days, there just aren't enough fish to go around.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 2
Birth, Birth, Rebirth
From: Chris Sewell
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As Tom recovers from a traumatic brain injury, he and his wife welcome newborn twins into the world.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2